Month: April 2016

PV can only convert a small portion of the energy spectrum of sunlight to electricity. But physicists have discovered radical new properties in a nanomaterial, opening new possibilities for highly efficient thermophotovoltaic cells that could harvest heat in the dark… Read More ›

Despite their hefty price tag, smartphones have an average consumer lifetime of about three years. The lithium ion batteries that power them, however, can last for about five years—meaning that just about every discarded smartphone generates e-waste and squanders the… Read More ›

Washington, DC, 16 April 2016 — The Paulson Institute and the Green Finance Committee of China Society for Finance and Banking convened a half-day symposium of global finance leaders and experts to discuss recommendations for the development of robust global… Read More ›

This Sept. 30, 2015 aerial photo provided by Cypress Creek Renewables, shows a commercial solar farm built on farmland by Cypress Creek Renewables in Catawba County, N.C. Less than a year after New York banned fracking, dashing the hopes of… Read More ›

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has conducted a new study to find exactly how much solar power potential the nation’s rooftops contain and they found that it’s far greater than once thought. The study set out to find how… Read More ›